The current is strong enough to kill...

ELECTRIC FENCE.

August 1, 1986

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — ELECTRIC FENCE. The current is strong enough to kill. Military officials say it will be switched on today in 15 miles of fence in a strip of bush at the southern tip of Mozambique. The object is to stop guerrillas from entering South Africa, the officials say. ''There is no intention of stopping refugees,'' said a Defense Forces spokesman. ''This is on a well-known terrorist route. If refugees want to cross the border they know where to cross safely.'' Thousands of Mozambicans have come through the area in the last two years. They were fleeing famine and a war between rebels and the government in Maputo.